已在我脑子里写明，好留做纪念，
Full charactered with lasting memory,
这一切将超越手册中无用的篇页，
Which shall above that idle rank remain
跨过所有的时日，甚至到永远：
Beyond all date, even to eternity;
或至少坚持到我的脑子和心
Or, at the least, so long as brain and heart
还能借自然的功能而生存的时候；
Have faculty by nature to subsist,
只要这两者没把你忘记干净，
Till each to razed oblivion yield his part
关于你的记载就一定会保留。
Of thee, thy record never can be missed.
可怜的手册保不住那么多的爱，
That poor retention could not so much hold,
我也不用筹码把你的爱累计；
Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score.
所以我斗胆把那本手册丢开，
Therefore to give them from me was I bold,
去信托别的手册，更好地拥抱你：
To trust those tables that receive thee more.
要依靠拐杖才能够把你记牢，
To keep an adjunct to remember thee
无异于表明我容易把你忘掉。
Were to import forgetfulness in me.